1. Present Continuous Present Simple S.Montanari

2. Present Continuous Positive sentence: Positive sentence: subject + be + verb –ing e.g. He is studying Russian e.g. He is studying Russian They are watching TV They are watching TV I am staying in London for a while I am staying in London for a while

3. Present Continuous Contraction He ‘s studying Russian He ‘s studying Russian They ‘re watching TV They ‘re watching TV I ‘m staying in London for a while I ‘m staying in London for a while

4. Present Continuous Negative sentence Negative sentence subject+ verb be (negative)+verb –ing e.g. The water is not boiling e.g. The water is not boiling It is not raining now She is not working at the moment

5. Present Continuous Contraction Contraction The water isn’t boiling. The water isn’t boiling. It isn’t raining now. It isn’t raining now. She isn’t working at the moment. She isn’t working at the moment.

6. Present Continuous Interrogative sentence: Interrogative sentence: verb be+ subject+ verb -ing e.g. Are you listening to me? e.g. Are you listening to me? Where is she working now? Why are you studying English?

7. Present Continuous It’s used to talk about actions happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not complete. It’s used to talk about actions happening at or around the time of speaking. The action is not complete. Now Now Around the time of speaking Around the time of speaking It’s used to talk about future actions which have already been decided/planned (a time expression is necessary). It’s used to talk about future actions which have already been decided/planned (a time expression is necessary).

8. Present Continuous The water is boiling. Can you turn it off? (NOW) Jane is working in a bar to earn some extra money. (AROUND…) I’m leaving for Helsinki tomorrow. (FUTURE PLAN)

9. Present Continuous Key words: At the moment, now etc. e.g: I’m working very hard at the moment

10. Present Simple Positive sentence: Positive sentence: Subject+ infinitive of the verb e.g.I work in a bank. e.g.I work in a bank. They live in Rome They live in Rome We like travelling. We like travelling.

11. Present Simple But remember the 3° person: She lives with her mother. He works in a hospital. Water boils at 100° *All verbs ending in –s,-ss,-sh,-ch,-x,-z,-o add –es Does, goes, teaches, watches

12. Present Simple Negative sentence : Negative sentence : subject+ aux. verb (negative) + verb subject+ aux. verb (negative) + verb e.g.We do not go away very often e.g.We do not go away very often He does not drink coffee in the morning He does not travel by car

13. Present Simple Contraction Contraction e.g.We don’t go away very often e.g.We don’t go away very often He doesn’t drink coffee in the morning He doesn’t travel by car

14. Present Simple Interrogative sentence: Interrogative sentence: ‘do’ or ‘does’ + subject + verb ‘do’ or ‘does’ + subject + verb e.g.Where do you work? e.g.Where do you work? Do they understand? Does she study with you?

15. Present Simple It’s used to talk about habitual actions It’s used to talk about habitual actions It’s used to talk about things in general It’s used to talk about things in general It’s used to talk about objective facts It’s used to talk about objective facts

16. Present Simple I usually get up at 7 a.m. He normally meets friends after work (habitual actions) It doesn’t rain very much in summer (talking about things in general) The sun rises in the East (express a fact)

17. Present Simple Key words: ALWAYS100% USUALLY OFTEN SOMETIMES HARDLY EVER NEVER 0% Etc………